大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.15

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撫州明水遜禪師，在法雲侍者寮時，道林琳禪師挂搭，方丈特為新到茶，遜躬至寮請之，適琳不在，有同行與琳聯案曰：「汝去，俟渠來，我為汝請。」遜去，僧偶忘之。齋後鳴鼓會茶，琳不到，圓通問曰：「新到在否？」趣請之，琳到，圓通令退坐榻立，眾前責曰：「山門特為茶，以表叢林禮數，因何怠慢不時至？」琳曰：「適聞鼓聲，忽內逼，趨赴不前。」圓通呵曰：「我鼓又不是巴豆，擊著爾便屎出。」遜前白云：「是某忘記請之，某當出院。」時同行出眾曰：「不干侍者與新到事，是某不合承受為渠請，偶忘記，某當代二人出院。」圓通高其風義，併宥之。

When Chan Master Xun of Mingshui in Fuzhou was in the attendants' quarters at Fayun, Chan Master Lin of Daolin registered for quarters. The abbot's quarters held a special tea for the newcomer. Xun personally went to the quarters to invite him, but it happened that Lin was not there. A traveling companion sharing a desk with Lin said, "You go on; wait until he comes, and I will invite him for you." Xun left, and the monk happened to forget. After the meal, the drum was sounded to gather for tea, but Lin did not arrive. Yuantong asked, "Is the newcomer present?" and urged that he be invited. When Lin arrived, Yuantong made him step back from the seating couch and stand, rebuking him before the assembly: "The monastery held a special tea to display the decorum of the monastic groves; why were you negligent and did not arrive on time?" Lin said, "Just when I heard the sound of the drum, I was suddenly pressed by nature and could not rush forward." Yuantong scolded him, "My drum is not croton seed; how does striking it make your feces come out?" Xun stepped forward and said, "It was I who forgot to invite him; I should be expelled from the monastery." At that time, the traveling companion stepped out from the assembly and said, "It has nothing to do with the attendant or the newcomer; it was improper for me to undertake inviting him on his behalf, and I happened to forget. I should be expelled from the monastery in place of the two of them." Yuantong esteemed their noble integrity and pardoned them both.